Anthropology 1020E Lecture 1: Lecture 1: Introduction to Anthropology - Anthropology 1020E
11 Dec 2015
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Linked by a core set of interests and concepts the anthropological perspective . Sets of learned behaviour and ideas that human beings acquire as members of society together with the material artifacts and structures that human beings create and use lavenda and schultz. Indonesian burial customs keep dead relatives in family home embalm them: after a period placed in a cave or cliff, revisited every year and cleaned, holistic. All aspects of human life interact in complex ways. They shape one another and become integrated over time. Focus on way things inter relate: comparative. To understand humanity, we must consider the widest range of similarities and differences. With our closest primate relatives anatomy, reconstruction of behaviour with ancient relatives. Working to understand the full range of human diversity: cultural relativism. An individual"s beliefs and behaviours should be judged in terms of her own culture. Truth is relative - truth is defined within a particular cultural context.
